Reach for the Sky (Original title)
Dates: 1956 (Copyright), 27 August 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Lewis Gilbert
Synopsis: True life story of Group Captain Douglas Bader, who lost his legs in a plane crash but went on to serve as a fighter pilot during the Second World War.
Genres: Biopic, War
Subjects: World War II, Royal Air Force, Bader, Douglas, Group Captain (1910-1982)
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 135 mins Length: 12218 FeetDialogue (original): English
Dates: 1956 (Copyright), 27 August 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Lewis Gilbert
Synopsis: True life story of Group Captain Douglas Bader, who lost his legs in a plane crash but went on to serve as a fighter pilot during the Second World War.
Genres: Biopic, War
Subjects: World War II, Royal Air Force, Bader, Douglas, Group Captain (1910-1982)
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 135 mins Length: 12218 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
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©: Pinnacle Productions, Presents: The Rank Organisation, closing logo: B&D Film Corporation, Produced by: Daniel M. Angel, Associate Producer: Anthony Nelson-Keys, Production Manager: H.R.R. Attwooll, Production Controller for Pinewood Studios: Arthur Alcott, Production Secretary: Teresa Bolland, 2nd Unit Director: James Hill, Assistant Director: Basil Keys, 2nd Unit Assistant Director: Patrick Marsden, 2nd Unit 2nd Assistant Director: Geoffrey Helman, 2nd Assistant Director: Kip Gowans, 3rd Assistant Director: Gino Marotta, Continuity: Shirley Barnes, Assistant Continuity: Doreen Francis, Screenplay by: Lewis Gilbert, Additional Scenes by: Vernon Harris, Based on the book by Paul Brickhill 'The Story of Douglas Bader': Paul Brickhill, Director of Photography: Jack Asher, 2nd Unit Photographer: H.A.R. Thomson, Camera Operator: Harry Gillam, 2nd Unit Camera Operator: David Harcourt, Focus Puller: John Morgan, 2nd Unit Focus Puller: James Devis, Clapper/Loader: Mervyn Wilson, 2nd Unit Clapper Loader: J. Levy, Stills Photography: Charles Trigg, Special Effects: Bill Warrington, Special Effects: Bert Marshall, Special Effects: Bryan Langley, Models: Bill Warrington, Models: Syd Pearson, Models: Frank George, Models: Ben Marshall, Models: James Bawden, Models: Bernard Ford, Models: Charles Smith, Model Aircraft: John Stears, Film Editor: John Shirley, Assembly Editor: Peter Flack, Assistant Editor: Pam Hilleard, Assistant Editor: Michael John Edmonds, Art Director: Bernard Robinson, Assistant Art Director: Vernon Dixon, Draughtsperson: Charles Bishop, Draughtsperson: Roy Dorman, Dress Designer: Julie Harris, Make-up Artist: Robert Lawrence, Hairdressing: Pearl Orton, Music Composed by: John Addison, Music Played by: The Sinfonia of London Orchestra, [Music] Under the direction of: Muir Mathieson, 2nd Unit Sound Recording: Terence Cotter, Sound Recordist: John W. Mitchell, Sound Recordist: Gordon K. McCallum, Boom Operator: Danny Daniel, Boom Operator: Basil Rootes, Boom Assistant: Roy Charman, Sound Camera Operator: Ron Butcher, Sound Camera Operator: F.J. Hales, Sound Editor: Arthur Ridout, 2nd Unit Sound Editor: Archie Ludski, Dubbing Assistant: Graham Harris, Christopher Lancaster, Sound System: Westrex Recording System, Technical Adviser: Group Captain H.M.A. Day, Publicity: Gerry Lewis, The producers wish to express their thanks to: The Air Ministry, The producers wish to express their thanks to: Royal Air Force, The producers wish to express their thanks to: Shuttleworth Trust, British Science Museum, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
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Kenneth More (Douglas Bader), Muriel Pavlow (Thelma Edwards Bader), Lyndon Brook (Johnny Sanderson), Lee Patterson (Stan Turner), Alexander Knox (Mr Joyce), Dorothy Alison (Nurse Brace), Michael Warre (Flight Lieutenant Harry Day), Sydney Tafler (Robert Desoutter), Howard Marion Crawford ('Woody' Woodhall), Jack Watling (Peel), Walter Hudd (Air Vice-Marshal Halahan), Ernest Clark (Wing Commander Beiseigel), Nigel Green (Vic Streatfeild), Anne Leon (Sister Thornhill), Charles Carson (Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding), Ronald Adam (Air Vice-Marshal Leigh-Mallory), Basil Appleby (Crowley-Milling), Philip Stainton (police constable), Eddie Byrne (Flight Sergeant Mills), Beverly Brooks (Sally), Michael Ripper (Warrant Officer West), Derek Blomfield (civilian pilot), Avice Landone (Douglas Bader's mother), Eric Pohlmann (adjutant of prison camp), Michael Gough (Flying Instructor Pearson), Harry Locke (Bates), Sam Kydd (Warrant Officer Blake), Alexander Harris ([Don Richardson]), John Breslin ([Cadet Mason]), Hugh David ([Cadet Taylor]), Howard Williams ([cadet, ticket match]), Stringer Davis ([Cyril Borge]), Patrick Westwood ([RAF corporal/driver]), Fred Griffiths ([lorry driver]), Charles Lamb ([Walker, Desoutter's aide]), Frank Atkinson ([Tullin, Desoutter's aide]), Clive Revill ([orderly, Uxbridge]), John Stone ([limping officer]), Derek Sydney ([mechanic, Uxbridge]), Roger Maxwell ([man waiting for his tea, Pantiles]), Raymond Francis ([Wing Commander Hargreaves]), Jack Lambert ([Adrian Stoop]), Basil Dignam ([Air Ministry doctor]), Ian Whittaker ([batman, Duxford]), Peter Burton ([Peter, Coltishall intelligence officer]), Ronan O'Casey, Roland Brand, Philip Gilbert, Robert Wilder ([Canadian pilot, Coltishall]), Russell Waters ([Pearson]), George Rose ([Squadron Leader Edwards]), Jack Taylor ([British pilot, Coltishall]), Jeremy Longhurst ([Jones]), Timothy Ellison ([Nicholson]), Gareth Wigan ([Woodhall's assistant]), Philip Levene ([Sgt Williams, Tangmere]), Balbina ([Lucille]), Paul Carpenter ([Hall]), Pamela Thomas ([Hilda]), Barry Steele ([wounded sergeant/pilot, St. Omer]), Michael Balfour ([orderly]), Guy de Monceau ([Gilbert Petit]), Alice Gachet ([Madame Hiecque]), Barry Letts ([Tommy]), René Poirier ([Monsieur Hiecque]), Anton Diffring ([German Stabsfeldwebel]), Grace Denbeigh-Russell, Julia Nelson, Patricia Fox (nurse), Delene Scott